Some clubs that are expected to wind up below .500 have the potential to pull off a surprise and achieve postseason glory. Who are this spring’s most likely candidates to exceed their weak forecasts? www.espn.com – MLB

Every single one of the last seven World Series champions — every one! — has ended the year with a different closer than the one they started the season with. It’s a good reminder that in the saves role, little goes according to plan, and that’s OK. MLB News Index

All winter long, we’ve yearned for a match to ignite baseball’s Hot Stove. Could the solution be something as customary as Friday’s exchange of salary arbitration figures? One Major League general manager predicted Friday evening that the industry would see “a few” notable signings over the next week. That would qualify as significant news in(…)